Midwifery Services

What is a Certified Nurse Midwife?

A Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) is a registered nurse who has completed a graduate education in Master of Science in Nursing and has passed a national certification exam. A CNM specializes in midwifery, including obstetrics and women’s health.

Midwives are educated under the nursing model of care which emphasizes a holistic approach to primary health care of women.

Midwives approach each woman as a partner in their care, helping her understand all of her options and respect her ability to make her own health care decisions.

Midwives focus on healthy lifestyles and the prevention of illness and disease before they start.

Midwives work with the family’s and woman’s individualized goals and needs throughout the spectrum of life, from adolescence to menopause.

Well woman exams

Pregnancy, labor and delivery, and postpartum care

Family planning

Contraceptive guidance and management; including IUD and Nexplanon insertion

Sexual health

Menopause management

For pregnant women, midwives provide comprehensive prenatal care and offer a skilled, attentive presence during labor, maximizing the likelihood of having a healthy baby, healthy mother and a satisfying birth experience.

Midwives view pregnancy and birth as a normal life event in the woman’s life cycle and value the strength and integrity of the woman’s body.

Midwives are highly trained in early detection of problems to minimize chances of problems in pregnancy and birth.

Midwives are watchful guardians during pregnancy and birth, and practice judicious medical use of interventions only when necessary.

Midwives can prescribe medicine, pain control, order tests and provide treatment for common illness in pregnancy.

Midwives are educated and trained to take care of most complications in pregnancy and birth, and work alongside physicians in high risk care situations.